Looking For? Where?

A Poem

By Suresh Manoharan

Sin is looking for the
right thing in the wrong place remarked Augustine…a Wise Saint,This is the truth, we see the Scriptures
often and unerringly paintHistorically, those who searched for the
right thing n the wrong placeHave been left to regret deeply, for walking
right into a dark world of maze.

Beginning with Adam,
we see that our grandparents sought “wisdom”,But instead of finding it in obedience, they
searched for it in a place that led to their doom,The Tree to which they went searching, was
supposedly the fount of Knowledge, However, it turned to out to be the one from
thence sprouted ignorance

Praise God, to
remedy the situation emerged yet another Tree at Calvary, Disdainfully looked
down upon as Foolishness (I Cor 1:18) actually this Tree would set free,All of mankind caught-up in vanity of sin as
a result of that first act of folly.Committed by our ancestors at the behest of a
Serpent –oh-so-crafty

There we see one
Judean King Asa once the beneficiary of God’s great act of redemption (2
Chro 14:9-12) during war,During yet another time of war, sadly looking
elsewhere for help, drifting from his Saviour afar,He paid a great price, for this foolish act
of looking for help in the wrong direction,Getting blamed by a Prophet sincere (2 Chro
16:1-9) under God’s instruction

Oh is there not also
an account of a rich farmer (Luke 12:15-21) seeking security in his vast
currency?
After reaping a harvest of bounty, this rich man was all merry,He mused, with so much of money, his future
with or without God would be all rosy,Sadly, very soon he would leave this World
tragically

Quoted often as middle part of the Bible the
Scripture Psalm 118 verse 8 stands tall,Warning us that looking towards fallible
sources of help, would eventually lead us to a fall.So Dear Friends during any emergency, let’s
look unto only the “Rock of Ages”,For His love and care for us are infallible
(Isaiah 26:4), as proclaimed truthfully by the Biblical sages.